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Reconciliation

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Chapter 26: Reconciliation

Zara's POV

I sat on Green's couch in stunned silence, trying to process everything she'd just told me. Josh hadn't cheated. He'd been drugged, blackmailed, trapped in an impossible situation where every choice led to hurting me.

"Say something," Green urged gently. "You've been quiet for ten minutes."

"I don't..." My voice came out hoarse. "I don't know what to say. I don't even know what to think."

"He loves you, Zara. He was trying to protect you from those photos, from knowing what happened to him. He thought he could handle it alone."

I felt tears burning behind my eyes. "He should have told me. We could have faced it together."

"I know. He knows that now too. But he was scared, and he made some bad decisions because of it."

"I threw him out," I whispered. "I told him I never wanted to see him again. I said he couldn't be part of our baby's life."

"You thought he cheated on you. You had every right to be angry."

But I didn't feel righ
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